I shortened the hammock to 9.5 ft with a 7' 5" ridge line. The lay is almost identical to the 10.5 ft length with a 83% ridge. The poncho has a 9.9 ft ridgeline when hung asym ..... So there's 15 inches on each end .... In the rain you just drop the poncho right to the hammock ridgeline .... Not all that different from my old Hennessy.

I thought seriously about the cape .... .... But I'm also considering a custom 6 x 9 Cuben poncho.

I've lusted for a Zpacks hammock tarp @ 6.5oz, but I need a $250 windfall to go with it :)

I've thought about a poncho with "wings" that fold under, giving nearly twice the width. The back could have some extra length too.

I have the XL cape which is 137" x 120", giving pretty good coverage @ 12oz. It would be great knocked off in Cuben. I picked up a Backpacker model Hennessy that makes a light combo with the cape. It's a bottom entry model, which is useable, but I don't care for it much--- I'm waiting until Winter to have 2QZQ add a zipper.

I use an undercover and the foam pad from the Hennessy SuperShelter along with a space blanket for the UQ. Your differential cut/layered IQ is a good idea. I have one undercover that is also a poncho, which works well.

My other hammock is a Hennessy ULBA .... I shortened the ridgeline on that one too for abetter lay .....

I'm 5'11" and 230 lbs, with really wide shoulders ..... You'd be surprised. I depart from the conventional theories that longer and wider is better, I don't care much for hammocks wider than 4.5 ft myself ..... More sag = flat lay is what works for me.